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Metro Manila
overall rank:
25
1998 rank:
14
country:
Philippines
population:
10,208,290
snapshot: Metro Manila at a glance |
rank |
overall score |
49 |
25 |
average income US$ |
13,549.65 |
12 |
educational spending 1 |
452.68 |
12 |
ratio of house price to income 2 |
7.60 |
9 |
hospital beds per 1000 people |
1.5 |
31 |
pollution 3 |
200 |
26 |
vehicles per km of road |
435a |
30 |
criminal cases per 10,000 |
155.9 |
32 |
TV sets per 1,000 people |
250a |
17 |
inflation |
10.2 |
- |
GDP growth |
2.4 |
28 |
unemployment rate |
9.80 |
33 |
average class size |
40.0 |
24 |
life expectancy |
72.1 |
17 |
commute time |
58 |
29 |
phones per 1,000 people |
297 |
18 |
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notes:
All monetary values are PPP adjusted
a estimates
b national figure
c officially, land cannot be bought or sold
1 state educational spending, per capita US$
2 average house price divided by average annual income
3 suspended particles, micrograms per cubic meter (µ/m3)
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